Mine detail: Lourencos

Previously called 'Serra Dos Lourencos'

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Location

Lat / long: -18.2767, -41.7467

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Albite, Biotite, Garnet, Kaolin, Microcline, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR TABULAR
Discovery year: 1915

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Mica Schist

References

MRDSTC42485
DEP10066331
Reference{Deposit:: PECORA, W.T., KLEPPER, M.R., LARRABEE, D.M., BARBOSA, A.L.M., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1950, MICA DEPOSITS IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-C, P. 205-305.}{Deposit:: PECORA, W.T. AND BARBOSA, A.L.M., 1944, THE SERRA DOS LOURECAS MICA MINE, MUNICIPIO OF PERCANHA, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 26P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PECORA AND BARBOSA (1944); PECORA ET AL (1950)}
ReporterPage, Norman J.